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Chapter XXIV
Your mother!—I am very, very sorry. Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too. Yes, they are perfectly kind. We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure. Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.”
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From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yes, they are perfectly kind.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, they are perfectly kind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, they are perfectly kind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, they are perfectly kind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
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From this reading We must love them well:—and _I_ shall, I am sure.
at the time that
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would it be better and kinder to wait on _her_ account?—tell me that too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, they are perfectly kind.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr. Kenyon sends the ‘Fawn,’ _which IS Landor’s Fawn_, and desires me to send it to you when I have done with it.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your mother!—I am very, very sorry.
